What did Bartimaeus answer Jesus that he wanted Him to do for him? See Mar 10:51, Luk 18:41. What does the fact that he wanted to regain his sight (Greek anablepo, lit. to see again.) indicate about his having been able to see at one time? How is that like those who once walked in…
After the blind men were brought to Jesus, what did He ask them? See Mat 20:32. What is the significance that He asked them this question? I.e., wasn’t it obvious what they wanted? Think: In what way does people’s faith in Jesus determine what they ask from Him? As beggars, might they have but asked…
Recall that Jesus is on His way to Jerusalem with a large throng of people for the Passover. The people believe that He is the promised Messiah and suppose that He is about to establish a kingdom not unlike all the other kingdoms of the world that they have ever known, which will break the…
Recall that Jesus had previously left Galilee and been ministering in the regions of Judea beyond the Jordan (Mat 19:1-2). He has now left there and is on His way to Jerusalem for the Passover where He has forewarned that He will be betrayed and delivered up to the Gentiles to be crucified (Mat 20:17-19). …
As we recall from our previous lessons, the very nature of sin is that of bondage and enslavement, and the ultimate source of all our bondage, whatever it might be, is our bondage to sin. Moreover, the full implication of our redemption is not only that Christ died as a substitionary atonement in order that…
As we have already seen in this verse, Jesus came to give His life as a ransom for many, the word ransom implies bondage, and the ultimate source of bondage is one’s own sins; see again Joh 8:34, Rom 7:14, Tit 3:3. To provide complete deliverance from every form of bondage, what ransom did Jesus…
As we are now coming to better understand, the very nature of sin is one of bondage and enslavement; why is that? Think: in what position does the self-destructive nature of sin inevitably put one in relation to others who, though sinners themselves, are not as captive, or at least not as captive in the…
In this verse Jesus states that He came to give His life as a ransom for many, and as we have seen, the word ransom implies that the state of man apart from this deliverance is one of bondage; bondage to what primarily? See Joh 8:34, Rom 7:14, Tit 3:3. In what sense do people’s…
Recall that Jesus had just recently promised His disciples that they would sit upon thrones in His kingdom judging the tribes of Israel (Mat 19:28), but has now drawn a contrast between the disciples’ mistaken expectations regarding His kingdom and its true nature: Unlike the kingdoms of this world where great men lord and exercise…
Matthew 20:25-28 Consider the contrast Jesus has made in these verses between the disciples’ expectations of the kingdom they supposed Jesus was establishing and its true nature; on how many different occasions does Scripture record that Jesus communicated this same teaching to the disciples? See also Mar 9:35, Mat 23:10-11, Luk 22:24-27. What indication does…